Thoughts

Thoughts, observations and essays.

13 articles

Jun 9, 20263 min readEssayProduct Notes

What Does "Taste" in Design Actually Mean?

Taste is becoming one of the most talked-about qualities in design. Here's what it actually means, why it matters now, and where it comes from.

Jun 8, 20264 min readEssayThoughts

The Commodification of UI Design Is Here

AI-generated design is coming for the bottom of the market. Here's what that actually means for the industry.

Jun 7, 20264 min readOpinionThoughts

Moving Fast with AI Has a Cost

AI is making work faster. But fast is becoming the new baseline - and that's creating a growing gap between output and quality.

Jun 6, 20264 min readOpinionThoughts

Design Thinking will not Die, Thinking Might.

We've outsourced labor, speed, and memory. Now we're outsourcing thinking itself. And that might be the most dangerous trade we've ever made.

Jun 5, 20265 min readEssayThoughts

LLMs: Not the Intelligence; It's the Momentum.

Everyone talks about how smart AI is. But that's not what changed my workflow. It's the momentum — staying in flow, shipping ideas the same night they hit you, never losing the thread.

Jun 4, 20264 min readListThoughts

Skills Designers Need to Survive AI

As AI automates execution, what matters most is judgment. Here are the human skills designers need to develop right now — the ones that can't be automated.

Jun 3, 20265 min readEssayThoughts

Design Skills That Will Survive AI

AI doesn't threaten designers. It threatens a specific type of designer — the one whose value lives inside tools and execution speed. Here's what actually survives.

Jun 2, 20264 min readEssayThoughts

Design Skills That Are Disappearing With AI

A lot of what we learned as designers — things we practiced, refined, and took pride in — are becoming irrelevant. Not slowly. Fast. Here's what's actually fading.

Jun 1, 20265 min readEssayThoughts

AI Could Make Us Lose Our Grip on Reality

AI gives answers with such confidence that we believe it over our own judgment. But without understanding how it reached its conclusion, we're vulnerable to believing things that are completely wrong.

May 31, 20266 min readOpinionThoughts

Designers Will Need to Start Coding — And That's Actually Good News

Junior design roles are disappearing. Here's what's replacing them — and why learning to code is how designers reclaim their role as problem solvers and innovators.

May 29, 20265 min readEssayThoughts

The Rise of Microapps: Your Software for One

Most apps are built for millions. What if you could build one just for yourself? How AI is enabling a new era of personal software.

May 28, 20264 min readOpinionThoughts

Is your Government thinking of UX?

I'm a UX designer. Choosing a government is like choosing a service. Here's how I'd use design principles to evaluate what's actually working.

May 27, 20263 min readOpinionThoughts

Bike Taxi Ban in an Indian State

A UX perspective on mobility and inclusion: exploring design thinking approaches to urban transportation policy.